During his appearance on All The Smoke podcast hosted by former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, Illustrious sports reporter Jim Gray shared stories from his times covering guard Kobe Bryant, big man Shaquille O’Neal, and the Los Angeles Lakers in the late 1990s and early 2000s during the team’s 3-peat championship run. He also opens up about his relationship with Kobe and Shaq and the feud that followed them during their time together:
